Until recently Stewart Island kiwi were considered a distinct subspecies of the brown kiwi found throughout New Zealand, but with recent reorganisation of kiwi taxonomy they are now classed as part of a new Haast/Fiordland/Stewart Island kiwi species known as tokoeka (weka with a walking stick). They are larger than brown kiwi and, unlike other kiwi whose juveniles leave the nest after a few weeks, they stay in close family groups for up to two years.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 35
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78Until recently Stewart Island kiwi were considered a distinct subspecies of the brown kiwi found throughout New Zealand, but with recent reorganisation of kiwi taxonomy they are now classed as part of a new Haast/Fiordland/Stewart Island kiwi species known as tokoeka (weka with a walking stick). They are larger than brown kiwi and, unlike other kiwi whose juveniles leave the nest after a few weeks, they stay in close family groups for up to two years. B. HARCOURT/DOC Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 35
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